If you have read the papers or you go online frequently you will no doubt have heard of the consumer price index. But do you actually know what it is?

Africa Development Indicators 2008/09 (ADI) provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available in one volume. It puts together data from different sources, making it an essential too...

Surging food prices in China indicate a serious risk of inflationary overheating. Past steps to control inflation caused social protest and deadly unrest. China faces the same risk now. China could...

Lincoln Anderson, Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer at LPL Financial, offers commentary on the economic and market collapse of 2008.